We’ve compiled some of our favorite go-to snacks for conventions and everyday life. This is far from a comprehensive list, but it should hopefully get comic con attendees started. Planning snacks and food is almost as important as the convention schedule itself.

For the well-prepared and well-researched convention-goers, we’ve put together a list of some unconventional tips that you may or may not have heard before. Read through our list to see if you can’t pick up a new tip ahead of this year’s convention!

There’s a lot of anxiety that happens at conventions, before, during, and even afterward. Remember, at the end of the day conventions are FUN, and there are ways to cope with the stress and convention anxiety to make the way for fun.

In spite of the downfalls, before-the-convention exclusives lottery systems seem to be the only viable solution to the line problems that cons are seeing because of increased attendance. How will CCI and SDCC handle their potential new lottery system? We’ll find out!

If you need help getting into the convention spirit, here is a list of five recent convention-centric young adult novels that will have you vicariously exploring convention floors and living your best nerd life!